College alumni groups spread nationally to counter ‘cancel culture’ (WaPo)

[Anonymous]

This gives me hope:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/college-alumni-groups-spread-nationally-to-counter-cancel-culture/ar-AAZUKiJ?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=e315d08d7ae5471fb6edafb72f5a34e6

[Anonymous]

Summary: Old, white guys with money forms groups to get colleges to go back to giving their “born on third” kids a place to mess around for four years before their use their connections to get executive jobs.

If you believe the name they give their group, you’re not paying attention. You think their work might help your middle class white kid, but they are as much against your kid getting a leg up as they are against minority groups. They want power and opportunity for their wealthy, white kids and no others.

[Anonymous]

The UVA person is the guy who drove down to the school to harass a kid at her door because he didn’t like that a sign she hung up with some grievances about the school. He had a box cutter and security told him he couldn’t cut down her sign because that would violate her free speech.

His letter about his issue with the sign was posted to the UVA parent Facebook and people were horrified. He and his friends seem to spend a lot of time writing about their own grievances.

The only “free speech” these people believe in is their own.

[Anonymous]

Their time is over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The UVA person is the guy who drove down to the school to harass a kid at her door because he didn’t like that a sign she hung up with some grievances about the school. He had a box cutter and security told him he couldn’t cut down her sign because that would violate her free speech.

His letter about his issue with the sign was posted to the UVA parent Facebook and people were horrified. He and his friends seem to spend a lot of time writing about their own grievances.

The only “free speech” these people believe in is their own.

Yup. Big overlap with Lost Cause types. They feel their centrality/power threatened and need to whitewash history to preserve it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The UVA person is the guy who drove down to the school to harass a kid at her door because he didn’t like that a sign she hung up with some grievances about the school. He had a box cutter and security told him he couldn’t cut down her sign because that would violate her free speech.

His letter about his issue with the sign was posted to the UVA parent Facebook and people were horrified. He and his friends seem to spend a lot of time writing about their own grievances.

The only “free speech” these people believe in is their own.

Yup, Bert Ellis. Attempted to intimidate a student and cut down her poster. Now appointed to UVA’s board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The UVA person is the guy who drove down to the school to harass a kid at her door because he didn’t like that a sign she hung up with some grievances about the school. He had a box cutter and security told him he couldn’t cut down her sign because that would violate her free speech.

His letter about his issue with the sign was posted to the UVA parent Facebook and people were horrified. He and his friends seem to spend a lot of time writing about their own grievances.

The only “free speech” these people believe in is their own.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The UVA person is the guy who drove down to the school to harass a kid at her door because he didn’t like that a sign she hung up with some grievances about the school. He had a box cutter and security told him he couldn’t cut down her sign because that would violate her free speech.

His letter about his issue with the sign was posted to the UVA parent Facebook and people were horrified. He and his friends seem to spend a lot of time writing about their own grievances.

The only “free speech” these people believe in is their own.

Hmm. Sounds accurate regardless of what “side” you’re talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This gives me hope:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/college-alumni-groups-spread-nationally-to-counter-cancel-culture/ar-AAZUKiJ?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=e315d08d7ae5471fb6edafb72f5a34e6

+100
Good for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The UVA person is the guy who drove down to the school to harass a kid at her door because he didn’t like that a sign she hung up with some grievances about the school. He had a box cutter and security told him he couldn’t cut down her sign because that would violate her free speech.

His letter about his issue with the sign was posted to the UVA parent Facebook and people were horrified. He and his friends seem to spend a lot of time writing about their own grievances.

The only “free speech” these people believe in is their own.

Yup, Bert Ellis. Attempted to intimidate a student and cut down her poster. Now appointed to UVA’s board.

You left out this part:

“Ellis has said the Jefferson Council supports the student’s right to say or post anything, but not on the Lawn that Thomas Jefferson designed, a part of U-Va. designated as a World Heritage Site.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The UVA person is the guy who drove down to the school to harass a kid at her door because he didn’t like that a sign she hung up with some grievances about the school. He had a box cutter and security told him he couldn’t cut down her sign because that would violate her free speech.

His letter about his issue with the sign was posted to the UVA parent Facebook and people were horrified. He and his friends seem to spend a lot of time writing about their own grievances.

The only “free speech” these people believe in is their own.

Yup, Bert Ellis. Attempted to intimidate a student and cut down her poster. Now appointed to UVA’s board.

You left out this part:

“Ellis has said the Jefferson Council supports the student’s right to say or post anything, but not on the Lawn that Thomas Jefferson designed, a part of U-Va. designated as a World Heritage Site.”

Why shouldn’t she be able to? It’s not like she was defacing it, it was a sign, not graffiti.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The UVA person is the guy who drove down to the school to harass a kid at her door because he didn’t like that a sign she hung up with some grievances about the school. He had a box cutter and security told him he couldn’t cut down her sign because that would violate her free speech.

His letter about his issue with the sign was posted to the UVA parent Facebook and people were horrified. He and his friends seem to spend a lot of time writing about their own grievances.

The only “free speech” these people believe in is their own.

Yup, Bert Ellis. Attempted to intimidate a student and cut down her poster. Now appointed to UVA’s board.

You left out this part:

“Ellis has said the Jefferson Council supports the student’s right to say or post anything, but not on the Lawn that Thomas Jefferson designed, a part of U-Va. designated as a World Heritage Site.”

Free speech where and when the rich man says it’s okay.

Isn’t it kind of sad that this man is essentially targeting our kids? He doesn’t like that they aren’t completely compliant with his vision for UVA students and goes after them.

[Anonymous]

Free speech, now always and forever. Toss all those who are against, young, old, rich, poor, white whatever, out. All.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Free speech, now always and forever. Toss all those who are against, young, old, rich, poor, white whatever, out. All.

Well what you call ‘cancel culture’ is the expression of free speech. You just don’t like it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Summary: Old, white guys with money forms groups to get colleges to go back to giving their “born on third” kids a place to mess around for four years before their use their connections to get executive jobs.

If you believe the name they give their group, you’re not paying attention. You think their work might help your middle class white kid, but they are as much against your kid getting a leg up as they are against minority groups. They want power and opportunity for their wealthy, white kids and no others.

Oh, BS. Many of those most involved in these organizations are immigrants and college graduates who grew up decidedly middle class.

It's about the divide between those who believe that free speech should be paramount, even if that allows people with a bigger soapbox to argue against equity, and those who believe that equity should be paramount, even if that entails the censorship or de-platforming of opposing views.